Biked to work this morning a little bit early so I could stop in and get some blood drawn. It was 14° f which isn't too too cold for me. I took the main commuter the 2015 charge plug non-electric. I had to replace the brifters last summer with microshift 8s. They were a little sticky when the cold weather came. So I shot them up with three-in-one oils dry lube which is rated for -50° or something. Plus it's supposed to be safe for plastic parts. I had been using it on another bike with brifters that has the cold weather problem and it works. But I guess because I ride the spike more or shift the lot I don't know it had been getting a little difficult to shift like the lever doesn't have a lot of resistance but it doesn't seem to grip the cable and sometimes it takes a couple of tries.

Well this morning the front derailleur shifted just fine but the rear derailleur wouldn't get out of high gear. The last cold snap. I just worked it for 2 or 3 minutes and everything was fine but this shifter did not work this time even after I got to the office. Finally, after it warmed up in the office then it was shifting just fine.

On this bike, the exposed shifter cables run across the top of the top tube, which I always felt was a little awkward. However, with this new problem with the shifters, all I had to do to shift was to grab the cable and pull on it. Not ideal since it doesn't stay in gear...but good enough to get up a short hilll.

On the way home in it was 30F. Shifting becane unreliable. So when I go to home I shot some dry lube in my it and all was good again.